PSV Eindhoven vs. Liverpool: UCL Match Preview, Odds & Prediction

Get ready for the highly anticipated UEFA Champions League match between PSV Eindhoven and Liverpool with our in-depth preview, latest odds, and expert prediction. Stay ahead and make informed decisions on this exciting clash.

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PSV Eindhoven vs. Liverpool: UCL Match Preview, Odds & Prediction

PSV Eindhoven vs. Liverpool: UCL Match Preview, Odds & Prediction

As one of the few winners in League matches on matchday eight with little at stake, Liverpool will travel to the Netherlands on Wednesday to take on PSV Eindhoven, the reigning Eredivisie winners.

This will be Arne Slot's first return to his home country since joining Liverpool from Feyenoord in the summer. Both teams are currently leading their respective domestic divisions.

Previous Matches and Head-to-head

Following last week's victory against a Lille team that had gone 21 games without a loss, Liverpool is still in a prime position to take first place in the first league phase.

As a result of Harvey Elliott's deflected winner, Slot became just the second manager in Champions League history to lead a single team to seven wins in a row.

However, Slot will need to improve upon his dismal record against PSV during his time in the Netherlands—he won just one of his last seven head-to-heads—if he is to complete a clean sweep of victories throughout the league campaign.

With 12 victories out of 15 away from home in this tournament since the start of the 2021-22 season, this Liverpool side continues to establish new extraordinary accomplishments. No club has a more significant victory percentage (80%).

Also, their goal against Lille came after the hour mark. Thus, they were able to beat the almost 20-year-old club record for the most extended period without conceding in the Champions League.

All this outstanding data doesn't guarantee Liverpool first place; Barcelona's incredible comeback against Benfica last Tuesday ensured that. However, they are guaranteed a berth in the top two; therefore, they will be considered a top seed in the new tennis-style knockout tournament nonetheless.

Liverpool maintained their six-point advantage atop the Premier League with a 4-1 thrashing of Ipswich Town at Anfield over the weekend. Still, due to the next hectic schedule, Slot may be tempted to shuffle his starting lineup after the next game.

On Saturday, they face a formidable opponent in Bournemouth. The following week, they face Tottenham Hotspur in the second leg of their EFL Cup semi-final, travel to Plymouth Argyle for the FA Cup, and finally, face Everton in the last Merseyside derby at Goodison Park.

So far in 2025, after an almost flawless start to the season, PSV has failed to impress under Peter Bosz.

In the first seventeen games of the league season, PSV only lost six points. However, in their first two games of the calendar year, they lost at Zwolle and drew at home against AZ Alkmaar, allowing five points to go.

Even against Excelsior, a team from the second division, Bosz's squad was lucky to win 5-4 in overtime after falling 3-1 with ten minutes left in regulation.

In their last league phase game last week, they were 3-0 up against Red Star Belgrade when Ryan Flamingo's red card made it 3-2, yet they still managed to pull off the victory.

After falling early, they returned to beat NAC Breda by the same scoreline over the weekend. This continued their remarkable home success, which saw them win 44 games in all categories and lose once.

In the Eredivisie, Ajax trail PSV by just four points with a game in hand, but PSV can relax in the Champions League because they will almost certainly advance thanks to the interplay between the teams below them and the 11-goal swing that Dinamo Zagreb would need to catch up to them.

PSV's most excellent chance from matchday eight onwards is to secure a seeded playoff berth since the hosts are just two points below the top eight, but there are far too many clubs above them.

PSV Eindhoven x Liverpool Team News

Flamingo will miss this match along with fellow defender Sergio Dest, who is out with a long-term knee injury. He was red-carded in Belgrade last week.

Despite serving his suspension for the previous two weeks due to an ankle injury, Malik Tillman will not be able to return in time for this match against Red Star.

One of the two players on the team with experience playing against Liverpool in the Premier League is Luuk de Jong; with a goal, he may surpass Ivan Perisic as the club's all-time leading scorer in the Champions League. However, Perisic will not participate in this match since he is not registered.

While Liverpool's injury woes have been primarily minor this season, they have a few players on the bench who might see action, such as Curtis Jones, who was substituted off in last week's match against Lille.

Not only that, Slot has a full complement to pick from, but Joe Gomez and Diogo Jota are also set to return in a few weeks.

Three players are expected to get rest: Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Mohamed Salah. However, Salah may be eager to add to his 50 goals in European competitions for Liverpool.

Our predictions

Liverpool to win @ 2.30 on Sky247.ng

Despite PSV's 11-game winning streak at home in Europe, their lone loss at this venue came in 2022 in the Conference League against Leicester City, an English team.

Even if they may make some adjustments to their starting lineup, Liverpool will be eager to finish the league phase on top with a perfect record after never losing to PSV in six previous encounters, winning the past five.

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